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Need Assistance with the Classroom Equipment? November 29, 2006

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Be sure to contact the MCS Staff at 7-6628 with any questions and/or concerns with the Mediated Equipment for immediate assistance.

VOIP Phones are available in WSW & MSB General Classrooms. These Voice Over IP (VOIP) Phones work just like any campus telephone; to call for assistance, simply pickup the receiver and dial any 5-digit on-campus extension. Please Note: These phones will not dial off-campus. More information about the VOIP Project is available at http://ww2.umflint.edu/its/projects/voip.htm.

To learn more about Mediated Classroom Services, see our website at http://ww2.umflint.edu/its/mcs. Please contact the MCS staff at (810) 237-6628 with any questions.

Blog Pilot is Launched! November 28, 2006

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ITS is happy to announce the pilot launch of http://blogs.umflint.edu. At this site, faculty and staff may log in with their uniqname and LAN password to create a blog. Blogs can then be shared both on campus and off. However, to leave a comment on a blog you may be required to have a campus email address. Blogs that are updated regularly will be listed for a brief time at the bottom of the blogs homepage, but to make sure your blog is always listed, just include it on your profile on the Homepage Gallery at http://homepage.umflint.edu

To get a blog started visit http://blogs.umflint.edu, login, and checkout the documentation from WordPress for tips on how to get your blog going (the “Posting in WordPress” and “WordPress for Beginners” sections are particularly helpful) . At this point only faculty and staff can create blogs, but ITS hopes to one day extend http://blogs.umflint.edu to allow students to create their own blogs as well.

The official launch of the pilot will be at the Technology Brown Bag session on Wednesday, November 29, in Michigan Room C at noon. Please join us to learn more about this valuable opportunity!

Read the What is a Blog? flyer at http://ww2.umflint.edu/its/helpdesk/flyers/blogs.pdf.

The ITS blog has a new look! November 28, 2006

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Perhaps you noticed the new look of this blog! It recently was exported to the WordPress MU, or multi-user, format which we are testing to use for faculty and staff blogs.

Software Installation Policy Reminder November 28, 2006

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Please consider this a quarterly reminder of the software installation policy for the computer labs.

Faculty members wishing to have instructional software installed in the campus computer labs need to follow the conditions outlined in this policy as well as fill out the required software installation request form found online at http://ww2.umflint.edu/its/forms/software.pdf.

Next, a physical copy of the software must be submitted to the ITS HelpDesk in 207A Murchie Science Building at least three weeks prior to the requested date of usage. An ITS representative will contact the requestor at least one week prior to the implementation date for testing purposes. It is imperative that testing is conducted to allow for the ITS staff to resolve any issues prior to implementation.

For a listing of conditions to follow prior to requesting installation, please consult http://ww2.umflint.edu/its/policies.htm#software.

Computer Labs Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday November 21, 2006

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All computer labs are closed from Thursday, November 23rd, through Sunday, November 26th, for the Thanksgiving holiday. The lab hours will return to the normal schedule starting on Monday, November 27th. Please consult http://www.umflint.edu/labs/ for lab schedules.